A recent addition to the ownership team of the coffee shop on West Ken Caryl Avenue led to renovations, new hours, a new coffee roaster and new menu offerings.

With the renovations, the shop has more space to host community events. And with its new roaster — Denver-based Corvus Coffee Roasters — the business hopes to emphasize coffee education and offer myriad varieties of coffee beans and flavorings.

Lockheed Martin has been selected to design, build and operate the spacecraft for a NASA mission to study asteroids near Jupiter.

One of NASA’s two new Discovery Program missions, the Lucy spacecraft will perform the first reconnaissance of the Jupiter Trojan asteroids, which orbit the sun in tandem with the gas giant. Lucy will launch in 2021 to study six individual asteroids, according to a Lockheed Martin news release.

Street tacos have been all the rage in recent years, with both food trucks and brick-and-mortar eateries getting crafty with the seemingly simple Mexican staple. R Taco threw its hat in the ring six years ago in Dallas, and its third Colorado location is scheduled to open this week at Southwest Plaza.